# Badhava Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Badhava

Badhava is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,531 people in 418 households**, the 59th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,531people (2011)
- 418households
- 73.6%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badhava

Of every 100 households in Badhava in 2011, 56 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Badhava · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**91%

Use banking services ****60%**

**73%

Television ****42%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Badhava?

■ Badhava · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**912

Working population ****37.7%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 58.7% for women. 45% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 265 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (3%) · **■** Household industry 84 (9%) · **■** Other work 270 (28%) · **■** Marginal 304 (32%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Meja

- Akhari Shahpur2,607 people
- Barsaita2,598 people
- Chilbila2,562 people
- Bijaura2,556 people
- Hardihan2,516 people
- Salaiya Khurd2,511 people
- Misirpur2,480 people
- Akora2,473 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badhava?2,531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badhava in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Badhava?73.6% (Census 2011)